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Leena

About Me

A moose is different from a bear in that if a moose kills you in the woods he's not going to eat you. Unless it's a really f*cked up moose.

My Interests

Running, soccer, rock climbing, hiking, reading, yoga, movies, Psychology, Linguistics, learning languages, traveling, writing (not in that order).

I'd like to meet:

Xena, Spike, Malcolm Reynolds, Jayne Cobb, Captain Picard, Han Solo, Gilbert Grape, Junior Patrick, Jim Halpert, Dr. Cox.

Music:

David Bowie, P.J. Harvey, The Beatles, Ani Di Franco, Liz Phair, Adam Mugavero, Berlin, The Pixies, Frank Zappa, The Smiths, They Might Be Giants, Talking Heads, let's see . . . Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Billy Holiday, Rock City Morgue, Charly Garcia, Depeche Mode, Bauhaus, Old U2, Joan Jett, Midnight Oil, and much more . . .

Television:

Star Trek (Voyager is my favorite), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Nip Tuck, Coupling, Keeping Up Appearances, As Time Goes By, Waiting for God, ER, NYPD Blue, The Wire, Rosanne, Taxi, Scrubs, Seinfeld! How could I have forgotten Seinfeld???

Books:

Haruki Murakami, Iris Murdoch, Anita Shreve, Jorge Amado, Amy Tan, Issac Bashevis Singer, Anchee Min, Jane Austen, Isabel Allende, Chiam Potok, James Herriot, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Peter Hedges, Annie Proulx, Charles Bukowski, Joyce Carol Oates, Iris Murdoch, James Clavel, and many, many more.

My Blog

Don’t mean to eavesdrop but . . .

I'm at the Epic and there are two men in their 40s (apx) sitting within earshot of me and one is telling the other about his woman trouble.  The reason I feel compelled to tell you this is that t...
Posted by Leena on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:47:00 PST

Too busy to blog

Augh.  I have been remiss in the maintenance of my blog.  I've just been too busy, unfortunately.  Fear not.  When I have more time, I will resume my self-indulgent tirad...
Posted by Leena on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:20:00 PST

epic blog

Coming to you live from the Epic Cafe where there was just a hideously executed rendition of "Happy Birthday".  Oh well, it was clearly kind-hearted.  There are two undergrads next to me wri...
Posted by Leena on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:51:00 PST

One for the morning, luv

As I was typing my last exegesis, I was getting some input from my peripheral vision that the cat was licking something on my desk (this isn't unusual, she likes to lick plastic in all its forms).&nbs...
Posted by Leena on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:06:00 PST

Alright, fine, it's my turn: WRITE ABOUT ME

Alright, I've succumbed to peer pressure.  Go ahead, write my "About Me" section.  I'll post it on my profile. Somebody please write so I don't think all the cool kids are laughing at me and...
Posted by Leena on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 03:12:00 PST